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wipe-out

wipe-out is the alternative form of wipeout.

Meaning of wipeout

Noun

wipeout (plural wipeouts)

  1. The act of colliding or crashing.
    • The skateboarder had a nasty wipeout as she came off the ramp.
  2. Total destruction or elimination.
    • The wipeout of this industry could be catastrophic.
  3. The act of falling off one's surfboard.
    • Ha ha! Did you see that wipeout?

Forms of wipe-out

pluralwipe-outs

Origin of wipe-out

Deverbal from wipe out.

Questions about wipe-out

What is wipe-out the alternative form of?
Wipe-out is the alternative form of wipeout.

Words near wipe-out in the dictionary

  1. wipe warmers
  2. wipe-breech
  3. wipe-breeches
  4. wipe-down
  5. wipe-downs
  6. wipe-out
  7. wipe-outs
  8. wipeability
  9. wipeable
  10. wipebreech
  11. wipebreeches

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